Dress-weight.



E. J. BROOKS.

DRESS WEIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1910.

Patented Sept 13,1910.

EDWARD J. BROOKS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

DRESS-WEIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

Application filed April 11, 1910. Serial 170.554,644.

T o all whom it may concern.'

Be itknown that I, EDWARD J. BROOKS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica., and a resident of East Orange, in the State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dress-VVeights, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to dress'weights for use by dress and cloakmakers as means for weighting depending portions of such garments inorder to make them hang in proper shape; and it consists in a newarticle of manufacture embodying the novel features of constructionhereinafter particularly described and claimed.

The leading object of this invention is to adapt an easily handled andattached form of dress weight to be manufactured and sold in the shapeof a continuous tape-like woven fabric, fiat and of uniform width, Afromwhich any required length may be cut by means of ordinary scissors, andwhich can be furnished in any desired color so as to match the lining ofthe article to be weighted.

Other objects will be set forth in the general description whichfollows.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 is a face view of a portion of a dress-weight strip constructedaccording to the present invention; Fig. 2 represents a magnified crosssection on the line A-B, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a face view on the same scaleas Fig. 2 of a portion of the series of weights represented in dottedlines in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a face view of a portion of anotherdresseweight strip illustrating a second species of the improved dressweights; Fig. 5 represents a magnified cross section on the line C D,Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a face view of a portion of its series of weights onthe same scale as Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is an edge view of a portion of thebody member of another species of the improved dress weights; Fig. 8 isa face view of a portion of another dress weight strip embodying thebody member represented by Fig. 7, and Figs. 9, 10, and 11 are faceviews of alternative weight members detached.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in all the figures.

The improved dress-weight article of manufacture in each of the speciesis composed of a flexible tape-like body, ct or a2 or -color required tomatch the lining of a3, of flat woven fabric of uniform width; fiatweights, or 52 or o3 or b4 or b5 or o6, of lead or the like, arrangedflatwise with reference to said body, between two thicknesses thereof,or so that both faces of the weights are covered, and in longitudinalseries, and secured against edgewise displacement; and stitching, o, o,by which the parts are united, and which serves or assists to preventthe edgewise displacement of the individual weight members. The bodymembers in common are obviously adapted to be of any the dress or cloakto be weighted, and serve to inclose and conceal the weight members; theweight members in any of their forms are adapted to be made of anyrequired weight, so as to adapt them for garments of greater or lessstiffness; and pieces of the required length for sufficient weight maybecut 0H between successive weights, and sewed in place between the liningand the outer goods in customary manner.

In the species represented by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the body member aconsists of two fiat tapes, 1 and 2; the weights b are connected byconnecting portions, 3, Fig. 3, integral with the weight portions, 4,the whole being cast, or stamped from sheet lead or the like; and thestitching c, c', serves to unite the tapes 1 and 2, and to form a pocketfor each weight between the two tapes, as indicated in Fig. 1.

In the species represented by Figs. 4L, 5 and 6 a single wide tapehaving a length wise fold, 5, Fig. 5, forms the body member a2; theweight member b2 consists of flat weight portions 4, united by thinwires or cords, 6, Fig. 6, upon which the suitably spaced weightportions are made fast; and the stitching o serves simply to completepockets for the individual weight portions as represented in Fig. 4.

In the species represented by Figs. 7 and S the body member a3,represented by Fig. 7; is woven with pockets, 7, separated by portions,8, of suitable length in the direction of the length of the strip; theweights b3 are not connected with each other except by the body member,and the stitching o serves simply to close the pockets 7 at the lateraledges of the body member.

The weights are preferably round or oval as represented in Figs. 1 to S,inclusive; but may be of other shapes as illustrated by Figs. 9, 10 and11, which represent respectively a square weight, b4, a triangularweight, b5, and an oblong weight, b.

The stitching c', 0', in the rst species consists of a straight line ofstitching (c) near one edge and a zig-zag line (0') to complete the rowof pockets; in the second species it consists of a single zig-zag line,(0') and in the third species it consists of two straight lines (c) nearthe respective longitudinal edges.

The weights are preferably of soft lead, but suitable alloys mayobviously be substituted, and other like modifications will suggestthemselves to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invent-ion anddesire to patent under this specification:

1. A dress-weight article of manufacture having a flexible tape-likebody of uniform width composed of flat woven fabric, stitchinginteracting with said body to complete a longitudinal series ofinterspaced pockets, and flat weights of lead or the like arrangedflatwise with reference to said body within said pockets, and securedagainst edgewise displacement by said stitching.

2. A dress-weight article of manufacture having a flexible body composedof two Iteittile tapes of flat woven fabric and of uniform width, fiatweights of lead or the like arranged latwise with reference to said bodyand in a longitudinal series between said tapes, a straight line ofstitching unit" ing said tapes near one edge, and a zig-zag line ofstitching near the other edge of the tapes completing a pocket for eachweight with suitable interspaces.

3. A dress-weight article of manufacture having a flexiblev tape-likebody of flat woven fabric and of vuniform width, a flat weight-strip oflead or the like composed of disk-shaped weight portions and narroweasily severed connecting portions integral with said weight portionsforming'suitable interspaces, and stitching whereby said strip isfastened within said body and secured against the edgewise displacementof said weight portions when the article is `cut at any point,substantially as hereinbeforey ,specied f EDWARD J. BRooKs.

Witnesses:v

LEONARD O. LINDSAY, MONTGOMERY LINDSAY.

